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Article: IRAQ: SHADOWY 'PROTECTION FORCE' LINKED TO DEATH SQUADS
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
- Article date:
- November 7, 2006
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Dahr Jamail and Ali al-Fadhily
Inter Press Service English News Wire
11-07-2006
BAGHDAD, Nov. 7, 2006 (IPS/GIN) -- The Facilities Protection
Service (FPS) created after the invasion of Iraq in 2003 has become
the principal source of death squads in Iraq, senior government
leaders say.
"The first accomplishment of Paul Bremer [former U.S.
administrator in Iraq] in Iraq was dissolving the Iraqi army and
all security establishments," a consultant with an Iraqi ministry
told IPS on condition of anonymity. "The man was granted the
highest decoration by his President for a job well done."
The U.S. occupation authorities and the Iraqi leaders working
with them set up new army and police forces under ...